Improvement in sulky-plows



W. H. ISAACS 8v G. E. BANNER. SULKY PLOW.

I No. 86,231. Patented 56.11.126, 1869.

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WILLIAM HENRY ISAACS, OF TE RRE HAUTE, INDIANA, AND GEORGE EDWARD BANNER, OF NEWARK, NE W JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 86,231, (lated January 26, 1969.

IMPROVEMENT IN SULKY-PLOWS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM Henny Isaacs, of 'Ierre Haute, in the Sta-te of Indiana, and GEORGE EDWARD BANNER, ofthe city of Newark, in the State of N ew Jersey, `have made certain Improven'ients in Sulky-Ilows; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this specification as part of the same.

The nature ot' onr improvements consists in so oonstrueting a sulky-plow that the draught of' the tea-m shall be in the line ofthe fui-rows, not all on one side. the plows being forward of the axle and outside ofthe wheels; also, in the manner of construction and eonnection of the lever or levers, which only require. releasing from their hohl to allow the plows to come out ofthe work, without any backing of the team, or lifting by the plowman, the plows being so attached to the frame as to turn out ofthe ground, by the forward movement of the team, when the levers are released from their hold.

The frame of the plow, shown by a., in the drawings, is of wood or iron, as may be chosen, and is supported by the two wheels I) 1) one of which is inside the frame a.

On that end of the frame next to the wheel, inside ofthe frame, is a segment, or selnieircle, c.

The levers (I and d2, having fulcrurn on the axle e, have each a stout pin passing through them, said pins being attached to the small levers j, that have their fulcra on the large levers, ll and d, (see Figure 2,) the pins entering and being securely held in position by entering the semicircle c.

Sockets, with an arm cast fast thereto, are attached to the frame u by strong bolts, upon which the/arm and socket tuin.

g shows the socket.

h shows the arms.

Connecting-rods i, from the levers d, are held by movable joints to the top of upright levers j, the levers j being secured either to the arm h, on the socketg, as at d', or on the back of the socket y, as at d2.

The plows, It, are hold in position by their stems passing through an'd being wedged fast in the socket g.

It will be seen that the plows are drawn, in their work, by the stout bolts at the ends of the arms h, on

the sockets y, and are held stationary by the levers Y, and connecting-rods, by means oi' the pins on the levRight or left-handed plows can be used with equal' facility.

One or more plows can be used in the frame, asthe varied nature of soils requires or admits, and two plows, one right and the other left, eau be employed in sidehill plowing, as the construction of separate sockets and levers for each plow allows of using either plow separately and alone, at choice.

By placing the plows outside the wheels and frame, the draught of the team can be in the line of the work.`

What we claim as our improvements, anddesire'to secure by Letters Patent, is

The construction, combination, and arrangementof the plows 7.', arms 7:,with sockets r/,a-s constructed, and attached by pivots to outside of frame, levers j, con# necting-rods i', levers Il d2, having spring-levers f attached, semieirele c, and frame a., as constructed.

WILLIAM H. ISAAGS.- GEORGE E. BANNER. Witnesses:

W. M. Goonrne, SIDNEY N. EDWARDS. 

